All gigas with lift hills have a wow factor based on how tall the lift hill feels as a rider. In my opinion, gigas are most enjoyable when they follow that up with extended high-speed moments to let riders grasp just how fast they're going. Millennium Force, Pantherian, and Fury 325 do this excellently. I think Fury does it best. Orion and Leviathan, in my opinion, try to make an impression based on height alone. To me, the remainders of both rides don't feel different from the respective B&M hypers in the same park, and I can't fully explain why. I think part of it is that the "look how high up we are" factor just doesn't calculate for me once I'm already past the anticipation of the first drop. If I'm experiencing floater airtime over a camelback, my mind isn't lingering on how high up we are; I'm thinking about how odd weightlessness feels with just a lap bar to hold me in. Which is the exact same experience I have on Behemoth and Diamondback, which coincidentally I already don't have strong feelings about. Orion breaks the mold just enough that I do like it marginally more than Leviathan, but like... As someone whose favorite ride in the park is Adventure Express, I'll take a mine train over a B&M hyper or giga any day (except Fury.) I guess I'd probably "fix" Orion by giving it more Fury-like low turns. If the wave turn must exist, make it take the ride behind WindSeeker, over Racer, and over the midway to the east half of Vortex's plot, where a gorgeously-lit ampersand turnaround a la Shambhala becomes a cool icon of the park before a low camelback takes riders back across the midway.

They could have made it slightly taller and kept the layout super close the ground.  Most likely cheaper too as they wouldnt be building a massive wave turn and a super tall turn around.

^^They have lift hill audio theming already. I wonder why they don't use it?  

The main Winterfest sign at the front of the park. The other part of the post was to jab at the doomers on the Facebook groups who always speak ill of the park or say that Six Flags will ruin it.

Add an additional 15ft to the lift hill (302ft) and the first drop (315ft). This would make it taller than Millennium Force, but still not as tall as Fury 325. Also, there wouldn't be people arguing whether or not it's a giga.  Change some of the elements to be lower to the ground to better emphasize the sense of speed Add one or two more elements before heading into the final brake run This is just what I would do if I had the opportunity to change the ride. I would still keep it smaller than something like Fury 325, since that is the standout coaster for that park and would still give people more of a reason to travel to Carowinds. However, the added height would still give it an advantage over something like Millennium Force, which is currently 26 years old. This is just a what-if scenario however, as I feel there are other things that should be a much higher priority to address, such as that 6-year old dirt pile in the back of Coney Mall...